Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro
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22°46′55″S 43°25′44″W / 22.78194°S 43.42889°W
The Municipality of Mesquita | |
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Coordinates: 22°48′19″S 43°24′55.91″W / 22.80528°S 43.4155306°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | Rio de Janeiro |
Founded | September 25, 1999 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jorge Lúcio Ferreira Miranda (PSDB) |
Area | |
• Total | 39.062 km2 (15.082 sq mi) |
• Land | 41.490 km2 (16.019 sq mi) |
Population (2020 [2]) | |
• Total | 176,569 |
• Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 |
Website | www.mesquita.rj.gov.br |
Mesquita (Portuguese for 'mosque'; pronounced [mesˈkitɐ]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 176,569 (2020) and its area is 42 km2 (16 sq mi).[1]
The municipality contains part of the 4,398 hectares (10,870 acres) Mendanha State Park, created in 2013.[3] The name is a reference to the second Baron of Mesquita, Jerônimo Roberto de Mesquita, the owner of the old farms (fazendas) in the present central region of the municipality.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2018 Area Total
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Parque Estadual do Mendanha (in Portuguese), INEA, retrieved 2017-01-15